Street-car fender.



PATENTED OCT; 22. 1907.

C. 0. GONNER.

STREET GAR FENDER.

unmumx FILED MAB-.13. 1991.

l V/ TNESSES A TTORNE Y5 CHARLES O. OONNER,

Oh HEPPNER, OREGON.

STREET-GAB FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed March 13,1907. Serial No. 362,199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, UuAnLss O. OoNNEn, a citizen of the United Stal cs, residing at .Heppncr, in the county of lllUl'l'U'W and Slate of Oregon, have invented a new and usclul Streclellar Fender, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to lenders lor use on street cars and the lik and has for its principal object to provide an improved form of lender which will normally be held in elevated position clear of ordinary track obstructions. and which will be automatically lowered to operative position belore reaching an object on the track.

A further object ol the invention is to provide a suitable means lor automatically releasing and lowering the lender, and further to provide a structure which is under the control of the motor man or other attendant on the car in case the automatic releasing mechanism fails.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the acccunpaaving drawingsz-Figurc is a perspcctive view of a lender constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view ol the joint between the release or trip frame and the rec shalt. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the joint between the members of the fender braces. Fig. 5 is a detail section showing an end view of the locking which the members ol the their normal positions.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to inclicatc corresponding parts throughout the several figures ol the drawings.

Secured to the front sill oi the car platform is a pair of vertically disposed tubular guides which are supported in position by braces 11 and such other fastening devices as may be necessary.

Mounted slidably in the tubular guides 10 is a pair of vertical bars 15 from the rear ends of which project horizontal arms 16, and the forward ends of these arms are connected to the upper ends of the bars 15 by obliquely disposed braces 1'7. The forward ends of the arms are further connected by a cross bar 18, and leading rearward lrom this cross bar is a receiving cage 01' basket including side arms 2]., a cross bar 22, and a plurality of small bars or wires 23 which preferably are slightly elastic in order that a person or object may be received within the basket without severe shock.

pin by fender brace are held in l l l The lender is normally maintained in an..elevatcd in operative position by a latch bar 25, which is slidably mounted in a recessed guide block 26 and extends under a tongue 27 that projects rearward from an inclined bar 28 carried by the fender. The latch bar is pivotally connected to a crank 30 carried by a rock shaft 31 that is mounted in suitable bearings 32 arranged under a car platform, and when this shalt is rocked in the proper direction, the latch bolt will be withdrawn and the fender will be allowed to drop to operative position by gravity, or suitable springs or the like may be employed to assist the movement. The downward movement of the lender is limited by engagement of the upper enlarged end of the braces 17 with the top of the guides 10.

Both ends of the rock shalt 31 are provided with cranks 34, and to these cranks are connected a pair of inclined arms 35 that project some distance forward of the lender proper and are connected by a bar 36, this bar being generally disposed five or six inches above the roadbed, and being maintained in place by a pair of chains 37, or similar supports.

Both the releasing bar 36 and the fender are normally maintained in a position some distance above the road bed in order to clear ordinary obstructions, but in case of a person or a large object on the track, the releasing bar 36 will be engaged and forced rearward, thus turning the rock shalt 31 and withdrawing the releasing bolt 30, so that the lender may drop to operative position in readiness for receiving the obj cct or pcrsonbclore passing under the car.

In order to place the device under the control of the motorman, the rock shaft is provided with a rear wardly extending rocker arm 40 that is connected to avertically disposed trcadle bar 41 having a foot piece 42 arranged slightly above the platform and within convenient reach of the motorman or other attendant.

To provide for the folding of the lender and trip frame, it is desirable to employ means by which the arms ol the trip frame may be disconnected from the rock shaftand means whereby the braces of the fender frame can be folded, the fender frame thus being hingedly mounted so that it may be arranged in a vertical position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. To this end the arms 35 of the trip frame are provided with studs 43 for reception by sockets 14 in the ends of the rock shalt, spring actuated keys 45 being employed to engage groove 46 in said stud. By withdrawing the key against the tension of the spring 47, the studs or heads of the arms 35 can be withdrawn from the sockets 44, and the trip lrame may then be disposed in a vertical position close to the front of the car, or parallel with the folded members of the lender proper.

The arms 16 of the fender frame are hinged at 48 to the uprights, and the braces 17 are joined at 49, the upper ends of said braces being hinged as at 50 to the extremity of the guide 53.

permit of the withdrawal of the pin from said guide- 52, but normally held from displacement or withdrawal by the engagement of said ward or car with the outer Obviously when the pin is withdrawn from the guide 53, the joint 49 can be broken to permit the folding of the brace.

I claim:

1. In a car fender, a vertically movable receiving cage or basket, vertically disposed guides therefor, said basket including a frame formed of hingedly connected members, and a pair of hinged braces to permit folding to a position fiat against the front of the car, a latch bar serving as a support for the fender, a rock shaft connected to the latch bar, and a releasing bar connected to the rock shaft and extended forward of the fender for preliminary engagement with an object on the track.

2. In a car fender, a receiving cage or basket having veror handle 54, and at the other end with a key tically arranged side bars, tubular guides supported by the car and arranged to receive said side bars, side bar braces having enlarged heads serving by engagement with the tops of the tubes to limit downward movement of the cage or basket, a latch bar normally holding the cage or basket in elevated position, a cranked rock shaft journaled under the car and connected to the latch bar, and a U- shaped releasing bar extending forward of the fender and having its side arms connected to said rock shaft.

In a car fender, a pair of tubular guides arranged in front of the car platform, a basket having vertical side bars connected to said tubular guides, bracing bars connected to the side bars and having enlarged heads forming stops for limiting downward movement of the basket, 21 rock shaft 'journaled under the car and provided with cranks, a latch bar connected to one of the cranks and serving to maintain the basket in elevated position, a U- shaped releasing bar extending forward of the basket 'and having its side arms connected to the rock shaft, a rocker arm extending from said shaft, and a treadle bar connected to the rocker arm and extending through a guiding opening in the car platform.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have hereto ailixed .my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES O. CONNER.

Witnesses C l). KEITHLEY, D. C. \VELLS. 

